Significance: Originally constructed to facilitate the transporting of goods from inland New England to the sea at Newburyport, the Pawtucket Canal was later used as the basis for the extensive power canal syst More
Significance: The City of Lowell is generally considered to be the birthplace of large-scale manufacturing in the U.S. Begun as a transportation canal, the Lowell Canal System evolved, during the 19th century, More
Significance: The Merrimack Canal was the first of the series of power canals constructed at Lowell. At the end of it, the Merrimack Mills produced textiles using the process developed by Francis Cabot Lowell More
Significance: The Boston Manufacturing Company was the first major industrial corporation in the United States. Founded in 1813 by Francis Cabot Lowell, Patrick T. Jackson, and others, the Boston Manufacturing More